On this week’s episode Chad consumers a powerful Lagunita’s Brown Shugga’ and JP sticks with a Bell’s two-hearted but with a twist. Then, they cover the headlines of the week with a focus on drivers and tech. Finally, they play a Big Deal, Little Deal? Will they make it two in a row?
Answers were pulled from the 2018 King of the Road survey from Atlas Van Lines.
Freight.Tech conducted a study mapping trends in TransportTech venture capital investment over the past five years. We’ve pulled out some of the results.
Companies need to keep their drivers safe; they also need to retain them and pay them. This white paper discusses how both can be done.
We look at Old Dominion’s latest operating metrics update.
Retention, training, and the capacity crunch are undeniably hot button issues in 2018. In response, SmartDrive and FreightWaves collaborated to distribute a survey to uncover trends in driver incentive programs. The white paper—based on the findings of the survey, which was fielded in Q3 2018—reveals the steps that trucking companies are taking in order to hire and retain qualified drivers and create safer, more profitable organizations.
FTR and ACT Research have both released their preliminary estimates of Class 8 truck orders in October. Here are the highlights.
Freight.Tech conducted a study mapping trends in TransportTech venture capital investment over the past five years. We’ve pulled out some of the results.
On this week’s episode Chad imbibes a Truckstop Honey from Back 40 beer from Gadsden, Alabama and JP has the usual comfort brew, a Bell’s two-hearted. This week, leading up to the midterms, the dynamic freight duo take on a variety of political issues such as they pertain to freight and economics. They measure the political B.S. meter from a scale of 1-10.
Zipline Logistics released a survey showing the impact of ELDs — 10 months after the mandate.
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You need HOW many dry van trailers to hold all the candy purchased for Halloween?
FreightWaves discussed how the midterm elections impact the economy at large, and specifically how it pertains to freight. What are the implications to the economic indicators regardless of the winner?
A look at Flatbed, Dry Van, and Reefer trailers.
WITH THE U.S. OIL and natural gas market continuing to boom, and production of both rising, FreightWaves’ chief energy analyst Mike Mitchell has written a primer on what happens during the fracking process. Through it, you will be able to see the numerous necessary steps that requires a truck in the process to get done.
The FreightWaves Research Institute performed a global study by stock ticker symbol for all public companies in the freight industry.
FreightWaves Chief Economist Ibrahiim Bayaan and FreightWaves Chief Analytics Officer Dean Croke explained what the data is saying about the freight market in this week’s monthly market update.
JP and Chad slug a Sweetwater IPA and Brooklyn Lager. Then, they tackle the headlines of the week: Tesla posts epic earnings beat, FMCSA will no longer assume a commercial driver “is always a human” as it prods autonomous trucking, Whitepaper: TransportTech venture capital trending hot. Then, they bring back the Big Deal, Little Deal? What’s the deal with JP?
